Discoveries from China World Cinema

Three-part TV film co-directed by Zheng Xiaolong and Feng Xiaogang.

A former assassin, Xiao Yu, is forced to accept a mission to recover three pieces of source code in order to save his family, but must go rogue to save the fate of mankind.

The ancient heavenly demon is reborn after a hundred years, attempting to unify the three realms. The disciples of the Heavenly Master Way fiercely resist. As the heavenly demon is on the brink of death, it captures its primordial spirit into the body of the next leader, Wang Xuanzhi, waiting for a chance to be reborn. As an adult, Wang Xuanzhi, , in order to suppress...

After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Chiang Kai-shek stepped up efforts to eliminate dissidents, and first targeted Long Yun, who was in power in Yunnan and had progressive ideas.

The only land on the earth in the future, in Wuji City, experienced a lack of supplies after a pirate fleet's raid. Marine policeman Luo Li led the expedition to search for a new continent. After passing through the dangerous seas, he was helped by the female pirate Hai Ji. After going through the dangerous battle between the huge water monster and the pirate king, he re-embarks on the journey of finding a new land.

Tian Zhenhua arrives in Shanghai to coach a local women's basketball team. Number 5 on the team, Xiaoje, excels at basketball but is unsure of whether to continue playing. As Tian gets to grips with training Xiaoje and the rest of the team, he reflects on his career as a star basketball player before the revolution.

Shot over more than two years, the official film of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing goes behind the scenes to share the stories of international and Chinese athletes, volunteers, medical personnel and officials - against the backdrop of a global pandemic.

The film tells the touching story of Yin Lingzhi, a young girl from a mountain village who experienced the severe test of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation, and eventually grew into a staunch communist fighter and sacrificed her life for it.

Chan is a Chinese factory worker who lives alone. Every night, she suffers from horrific nightmares involving the woman in the apartment next door, a Japanese office lady.

The Great War: Director's Cut (2013)

Long time ago on the Hengduan Mountains, there was a place called The Aroma City. People there communicated by singing and passed messages using aromas. Many years later the city was burned down and a baby called Princess Su Ling Fang was saved from this terror by a Christian priest. Princess Su Ling fang falls in love with Jiang Shaojun, son of a supremely wealthy family. But as Jiang is no angel, there is an infernal contract out on his soul. Jiang unscrupulously manipulates love struck Princess Su and trades her beautiful voice for money. In the end, even though she knows Jiang has used her, Su Lingfang sacrifices her life to save Jiang's soul.

In the 12th year of the Yuan Dynasty of the Great Zhao Dynasty, the demon ravages and confuses the sentient beings. In addition, when the natural disasters occur, the people are miserable. The Emperor Zhao Xu Mingzhen Moss commanded Zhang Qianqing's demon teaching, and the national teacher Mo Fan told Zhang Qian that the general rudder was in Zhangzhou.

Brace yourself for a spine-tingling thrill ride through Any Other Side! In his feature film debut, China's new-generation filmmaker Fang Yaxi has crafted a scarefest that multiplies the fear factor by offering a trio of stylistically different tales of horror and suspense under an overarching storyline. To appeal to its core audience of genre fans, the movie features an attractive group of screen talents, including Cape No. 7 star Van Fan, Hong Kong model/actress Chrissie Chau, Mainland starlet Deng Jiajia, Taiwan singer/actress Jill Hsu, Singaporean actor Qi Yuwu and singer Yida Huang. Five friends meet at a bar on the night of Halloween. They take turns to tell spooky stories to each other. In "Vanished", a crippled woman finds herself terrorized by a mysterious killer.... In "One Way Only", a journalist and his little daughter are lost in the twilight zone of time.... In "Night Shift", a doctor must escape from an isolated hospital overrun by zombies....

A couple working in a chemical factory inexplicably die after the birth of their son. Then, the baby appears to cause the death of the pets of his adoptive family. When he is isolated for study, he is shown to be aging and growing rapidly, and to have highly toxic saliva.

Poetic fairytale about circus owner Liu Qingyun who has elephant show in southwestern border of China.

Chen Zhen went to Japan to learn advanced technology at the command of his disciples, but found that many Chinese men were missing. With the assistance of his friend Liang Shaowen to investigate the real murders behind the scenes, Chen Zhen and the main leader of the Black Dragon Society, Ito Shinji, President Yamada Shinan, and others fought wistfully, and finally disintegrated the conspiracy of the Black Dragon Society, destroying Japan's own laboratory.

Eighteen years ago, the benevolent young lord of Ningdu City was brutally murdered by unknown assailants while returning home. His guards Zelan and Bai Qing, along with his son Mo Jing, vanished without a trace, leaving the case unsolved in the martial world. Eighteen years later, a notice posted by the gravely ill old city lord seeking his lost grandson shattered the desert's tranquility.

In response to the death of her husband and young son, peasant Zhang Meili founds a school in the dry desert landscape of northwest China. When cultured and chipper Xia Yu arrives from Beijing to help her out, the two women bond and learn from each other's character how to best serve the children. Various subplots include the arrival of Xia's husband, who tries in vain to persuade her to return to the city, Xia's quick abortion, and the comically clandestine relationship between Zhang and a local projectionist.

This shot on video film revolves around two women’s affection for their male partners against their better interest. One, a nightclub singer, befriends a fugitive from a gang, while the other - a Japanese played by Yukari Oshima - is befriended by an HK detective investigating the case. The men’s subsequent conflict with the gang eventually draws both women in and leads to their deaths.

Go Home tells the story of an old Peking Opera master, Zhang Jin He (Liu Pei Qi of The Story of Qiu Ju), whose life changes when a young boy shows up on his doorstep. With blue eyes and vaguely foreign features, the boy is apparently the product of a mixed upbringing, and though the boy doesn't realize it, Zhang Jin He is his grandfather! Zhang Jin He initially tells the boy to go home because the boy brings him a painful reminder of his daughter, who left him to marry a foreigner. Still, others convince the aging Perking Opera master to take in the boy, and though they fight initially, the two eventually form a strong, quiet bond. But when the boy is called home, will either be willing to let go? Director Li Chen Sheng uses gorgeous cinematography and evocative locations in modern China to bring the subtle intimacy of Go Home to the screen.

Mother Meijia and her four cute chickens, Maggie, Dayu, Duoduo and Huanhuan, live happily in the forest together with other animals. One day, a human excavator team entered the forest, trees were cut down, and the homes of the cute chickens were also destroyed. Meijia's mother was forced to take the cute chickens on the road, planning to find a new home "over the mountain". But it is not easy to reach "the other side of the mountain". They must pass through the cities where humans live. The cute chickens are full of curiosity about everything in the city, but they don’t know that danger is approaching them...

In order to save Lan Moyi, who possesses one of the ten holy bodies for cultivating immortals but is dying of alienation, Fu Yan resolutely went to the divinely blessed place in the ancient battlefield guarded by the avatar of a master of the true god stage to search for the Godly Flame. The ancient battlefield is divided into three layers, one layer narrowly beats the other. When he defeats the external guardian beast Chimo Xuanjiao and arrived at the entrance, he met his mortal enemy who went to the middle four-element polar region to subdue the spirit beast and was injured thousands of years ago, Cangyan Sect Master Cangshi Lingjun. After the fierce battle, they reconciled and went to middle four-element polar region together..

In this exciting Chinese action flick, Mr. Black is back! After notorious criminal rat, One-Ear escapes, Mr. Black organises a all-points bulletin to capture him. But more trouble is brewing: a mad ape scientist, Dr. Big Ape seeks revenge on those who have wronged him. Now joining forces with One-Ear, they have a diabolical plan up their sleeve: to kidnap the citizens and banish them to space using the "Emerald Star" on opening day. With the help of his fellow officers and a young pig partner, Mr. Black faces his foes in an epic showdown of the "Emerald Star"

The sequel to "American Dreams in China", three young men from small towns arrive in Beijing, completely new to the big city and ready to create something big. Their story happens against the backdrop of the development of China's Internet industry in the last 20 years, from the 1990s to present-day.

The film "The Master of Southern Fist" is based on the character of Liu Yamei, a great master of his generation. He was born in the Qing Dynasty during the Xianfeng period. As a teenager, he travelled with his uncle from the village of Bangtang in the east of Haifeng County to Fair Market to earn a living. He studied under the famous boxing master Cai Jun, and later he created the "Throughput" style of boxing by combining the internal and external styles of martial arts. In the 1920s and 1930s, he was one of the three leaders of Southern Boxing. According to the film's director, the film focuses on the story of Liu Yamei, who fights opium and upholds justice to fulfil his master's last wish.

Jin Zhuyuan mistook impersonator Luo Lin as a actress Vickie when he was on a film shooting site. They had an embarrassing misunderstanding but Jin was also attracted by Luo. The painting "secret garden" played magic suddenly, and the two souls exchanged. The usual routine like bathing is getting harder......A hilarious and touching romantic journey begins.

The Longevity Monk has been captured by a demon, and the remaining Monkey King, Piggy, and Monk Sha are in a critical situation as they are arguing over a crisis of trust. It turns out that Monk Sha was once a half-demon who went astray, but in the nick of time, he was enlightened by the Dragon Subduing and Tiger Fighting Lohan and returned to the right path. Buddha gave a very important task to Monk Sha, which was to secretly help the Monkey King, the Monkey King, the Star of the West.

Liu Wenhu, the owner of the Liu's Martial Arts Hall in Mount Tai, sets up competitions every year with big money as bait. For several years in a row, he defeated the martial arts masters who came to challenge. So he dominated the country, ran rampant in the village, oppressed the people, and seized the people's daughters. Shi Xiaoyi, the successor of Taishan Stone Art, saw it in his eyes and was angry in his heart.

In 1771 the oppression of Tsarist administration forced the larger part of Kalmyk's approximately 170,000-200,000 people to migrate to Dzungaria. Ubashi Khan, the great-grandson of Ayuka Khan and the last Kalmyk Khan, decided to return his people to their ancestral homeland Dzungaria, and restore the Dzungaria Khanate and Mongolian independence. Their goal is not an easy one and a lot of fighting and drama unfolds.

Yang Jian split the mountain to save his mother, but was fined to guard Tianji Pavilion to protect the ancient god Dzi. One day, the hooded demon who looked at Dzizhu tiger for the sake of seizing Dzizhu and Yang Jian fought in the Tianji Pavilion, causing Dzizhu to leave the world. Yang Jian went down with Xuan Tiangou for Xun Tianzhu, met the sister Yao and her daughter Huier in Lingshan Village, but accidentally discovered that Yao sister hid Dzi in Huier to help her daughter survive. On one side is the mission of the priest, on the other side it is about human life. Just as Yang Jian hesitated, the masked demon attacked again. During the two-man battle, Yang Jian accidentally discovered that the masked demon turned out to be the magic mirror of Fuyao's magical collision. In order to save Cang Sheng, Yang Jian finally summoned Sky Eye and started a desperate fight with the Mirror Demon.

A mysterious woman frequents tea shops and other places looking for the right man. A cup of green tea will show you the way to find your true love.

On a remote island, a suspected Nanyue site is discovered, and historian Gu Lin invites survival expert Wu Hen to help the archaeological team secure artifacts as a typhoon approaches. Unexpectedly, they uncover a cave far older than Lu Jia's era, leading them on an adventure to unravel an ancient mystery.

A criminal syndicate, taking advantage of the civil war and street riots, seizes power in a small third world country. With risk for her life Chinese journalist Hannah decides to infiltrate the refugee camp, but ends up in the hands of international criminals

1990 film from China